Academic

Education has a key role to play in the development of the creative capacities of any person. For this reason, Santamarina tries to work with all types of groups to promote their capacity for reflection and their imagination, through both her creative work, as well as her active participation in public and private universities, as her collaboration with institutions and cultural non-profit and profit organizations. Her goal is to encourage the creativity and the critical thinking in her environment, promoting the following values: perseverance, flexibility and commitment.

Andrea Santamarina is as a professor of MA Scenography, BA Drawing Communication and BA Interior Design at IED(Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid) since 2011. Her interest in different artistic contaminations between design, art and gastronomy, have led her to pursue doctoral studies in the Department of Communication Studies at the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (UCM, Madrid). She is part of Museum Research Team I+D+C Laboratory of Digital Culture and Museology Hypermedia. She was Responsible for the NGO Movement for Peace-Euskadi Delegation too, where she developed an Educational Program for Peace through Art. Since 2013 she has been collaborating with this organization. Previously, she worked as senior project manager atEmpty (Madrid) and Radio Television Hong Kong in collaboration with The Hong Kong Design Center (China).

A Series of WORKSHOPS and Film PROJECTIONS I organised as MPDLEuskadi NGO CEO sponsored by KutxaFundazioa at TabakaleraArt Centre (San Sebastian, Basque Country) in collaboration with The Basque Cinematheque (Filmoteca Vasca).